The Montana Department of Labor & Industry has advised Montanans to protect their personal information in response to an increase in reported criminal activity regarding Unemployment Insurance claim fraud.
39 year-old Patrick Studley is in the Missoula County Jail charged with multiple felonies, including forgery, deceptive practices,issuing bad checks and identity theft on $160,000 bond.
President-elect Donald Trump has asked Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke to be the new Secretary of the Interior. CNN and Fox News have reported that Zinke has accepted, but no official announcement has been made.
21 year-old Davis Nelson Gibson appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Monday charged with theft, forgery, deceptive practices and identity theft, as part of a wide-ranging investigation that has claimed at least 47 victims in the Missoula area.
During the 2015 session, a legislation was passed that required any company doing business in Montana to report to the office of consumer protection whenever that company has fallen victim to a data breach of any sort.